Abstract: Serial issues, pamphlets, election campaign literature, proclamations, other printed matter, correspondence, reports, and
miscellany, relating to various aspects of Polish history, including the movement for independence, especially during World
War I; the Solidarność trade union movement; and political events and elections since 1989. Includes clandestine anti-communist
issuances from World War II and the early postwar period.

The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Collection note

Materials in the Polish Subject collection have been collected over time by the Hoover Institution Library and Archives from
various creators, and are reflective of Polish history from 1908 to 2011.

Noteworthy parts of this collection are materials attributed to Władysław Chojnacki, a distinguished Polish historian, bibliographer,
and scholar.

3 video tapes cassettes (nos. 1-3) of radio broadcast negotiations between leaders of 1980 General strike and government officials

Sound recordings Cassette cabinet, Cassette 4-10

Radio broadcast negotiations between leaders of 1980 General strike and government officials26-31 August 1980

Language of Material:
Polish

Physical Description:
7.0 sound cassettes

Access

Radio broadcast negotiations between leaders of 1980 General strike and government officials, Gdansk Shipyard, 31 August 1980,
use copy reference number: xx747_a_0009686, xx747_a_0009691

Radio broadcast negotiations between leaders of 1980 General strike and government officials, Gdansk Shipyard, 26 August 1980,
use copy reference number: xx747_a_0009687, xx747_a_0009688

Radio broadcast negotiations between leaders of 1980 General strike and government officials, Gdansk Shipyard, 31 August 1980,
use copy reference number: xx747_a_0009692

Radio broadcast negotiations between leaders of 1980 General strike and government officials, Gdansk Shipyard, undated, use
copy reference number: xx747_a_0009695

Sound recordings Cassette cabinet, Cassette 11-14

Radio programs by Solidarity labor union relating to the state of Solidarity and conditions in Poland in general. Includes
a conversation with Lech Walesa
1980-1981,

Physical Description:
4.0 sound cassettes

Access

Radio program by Solidarity labor union, number 04, use copy number: xx747_a_0009696 Radio program by Solidarity labor union,
number 05, use copy number: xx747_a_0009706 Radio program by Solidarity labor union, number 09, use copy number: xx747_a_0009707
Radio program by Solidarity labor union, unnumbered, use copy number: xx747_a_0009710

Sound recordings Cassette Cabinet, Cassette 15-22

Telephone conversations between Aleksander Pruszynski in Toronto and Maciej Madejski of the Warsaw branch of Solidarity, relating
to the state of Solidarity and conditions in Poland in general. Includes a conversation with Lech Walesa

Language of Material:
Polish

Physical Description:
8.0 sound cassettes

Access

Use copy reference number: xx747_a_0009711

Sound recordings Cassette cabinet, Cassette 23

Sermon of Jerzy Popieluszko, martyred priest and Solidarity supporter

Language of Material:
Polish

Physical Description:
1.0 sound cassette

Access

Use copy reference number: xx747_a_0009727

Sound recordings Cassette cabinet, Cassette 24

Political cabaret,1988

Language of Material:
Polish

Physical Description:
1.0 sound cassette

Access

Use copy reference number: xx747_a_0009728

Sound recordings Cassette cabinet, Cassette 25-39

Proceedings of three economic and political debates held in Presidential residence, Belweder1991

Documentary by Shanachie about the Battle for Warsaw and guerrilla activities in Poland during World War II. Copyright Peter
Batty Productions Ltd. In English. Video transfer from film. Sound. Color and black and white. Duration 48:58.

Access

Use copy available on-site for immediate use. Use copy reference number: xx747_v_0008558.

Box 36-38

Phonotape cassettes of martial law period,December 13, 1981-

American and Canadian broadcasting station reports on developments and issues relevant to the political crisis in Poland

December 15(?)-18(?), 1981

December 21-23, 1981

December 23-27, 1981

December 29, 1981 -January 3, 1982

January 5-12, 1982

"Let Poland Be Poland", United States International Communication Agency production aired on public television in Includes
speeches of heads of Western governments
1982.

Polskie Radio Wroclaw. Side 1: Interview with Karol Modzelewski and Krzysztof(?) Turkowski on origins of Solidarity movement
and social context of 1980 upheaval, recollections of students on August 1981, songs from strike foklore. Recorded on the
1st anniversary of August 1980. Side 2: Ending part of the tape PTV News broadcast on the day of attempt on Pope John Paul
II's life, mass at the Wroclaw cathedral on the same evening

Book for professional use by the Warsaw military containing information about the development of Solidarity as a political
movement

Box/Folder 76: 2

Publications - Informacja, 1981

Scope and Contents note

Report on a Solidarity document (Kierunki dzialania Zwiazku w obecnej sytuacji kraju), pre-report and report form the department
of propaganda of the Polish military on the I Convention of Delegates of Solidarity

Box/Folder 76: 3

Newspapers - Express Wieczorny, 1981

Box/Folder 76: 4

Publications - Przeciwko Narodowi, 1982

Scope and Contents note

Selection of articles about the activity of antisocialist forces in Poland part 2, volume 2

Box/Folder 76: 5

Newspapers - Kongres Intelektualistow, 1983

Box/Folder 76: 6

Publications - Przeglad dzialanosci kosciola, 1988

Scope and Contents note

Report on the activities of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland - for the ideological department of the PZPR

Władysław Chojnacki was born on June 22nd, 1920 in Warsaw. He was best known
as a notable historian, bibliographer, and an author of various books,
articles, and conspiratorial publications. During World War II he attended
the secret Uniwersytet Ziem Zachodnich (Uniwersytet Poznański), where he
also received his doctorate in 1951. Additionally, he was actively involved
as an officer in the Polish National Armed Forces.

In 1953 he was working as a librarian at the Instytut Historii Polskiej
Akademii Nauk, and later, in 1965, became the head of the department of
Bibliografii Retrospektywnej XIX i XX wieku (Retrospective Bibliography of
19th and 20th century). He was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit in 1960, for
his service to country and society. Chojnacki went on to receive his
habilitation in 1967 from the Uniwersytet Wrocławski.

Władysław Chojnacki contributed extensively to the Polish Collections at
Hoover Archives: he was a major supplier of Polish independent publications
between 1976 and 1990, helping the archives build the most complete
collection outside of Poland.

Władysław Chojnacki died on July 2nd, 1991

Scope and Contents

The Chojnacki collection is composed of World War II era Polish underground
publications. Materials represent mostly the anti-Soviet and anti-communist
underground between 1944 and 1953, both in Poland-proper and in the
Soviet-occupied Eastern Poland. The vast majority of these imprints are in
Polish, with a few in Ukrainian. Additionally, the collection includes the
publications of the Warsaw Uprising of August to September, 1944.

Anti-Soviet and Anti-Communist underground materials, 1944-1953

Scope and Contents

These materials represent mostly the anti-Soviet and anti-communist underground during 1944-1953, both in Poland-proper and
in the Soviet-occupied Eastern Poland. The great majority of these imprints are in Polish, with a few in Ukrainian